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Softball is a team sport played on a diamond with a bat and ball. It originated in Chicago in 1887 through the work of George Hancock, evolving from baseball with an emphasis on underhand pitching and a larger ball. The game is popular among recreational leagues, school teams, and adult softball org...

Wiffle ball is a scaled-down baseball game with a perforated plastic ball, invented by David N. Mullany in Fairfield, Connecticut, in 1953.

Hornussen is an indigenous Swiss team sport first recorded in Bern in 1625, notable for a struck puck that can fly at about 300 km/h.

Gilli-danda is a South Asian two-stick game in which a long danda strikes a short gilli; it is often cited as a cricket precursor.

Stickball is a street baseball variant using a broom handle and rubber ball, especially associated with New York City youth in the 20th century.

Oină is a Romanian traditional bat-and-ball game, codified for schools by Spiru Haret in 1899 after older Romanian references.

Lapta is a Russian folk bat-and-ball game documented from the 14th century, with balls and bats found in medieval Novgorod layers.

Brännboll is a Scandinavian bat-and-ball game similar to baseball; its Umeå Brännbollscupen began in 1974 and gained World Cup status in 1997.

Danish longball is a Danish bat-and-ball game, similar to brännboll, played with a bat or racket and two marked safety zones.

Dandi biyo is Nepal's gilli-danda-like stick game, formerly treated as the de facto national game before volleyball was named in 2017.

Vitilla is Dominican stickball using a broomstick and plastic water-bottle cap; it evolved from Dominican street baseball in the 1970s.

Town ball is an 18th and 19th century North American bat-and-ball game, notable as a precursor to baseball with Philadelphia clubs by 1833.

Over-the-line is a three-player-per-side softball variant from San Diego's Mission Beach, where the annual world championship dates to the 1950s.

GAA Rounders is the Gaelic Athletic Association's bat-and-ball game in Ireland, included in the original 1884 GAA charter.

Palant is a Polish bat-and-ball game recorded from the mid-1500s, using a wooden bat and rubber ball on a 60-by-25 m field.

Vigoro is an Australian women's team bat sport invented in England in 1901 by John George Grant, notable for blending cricket and tennis.

Schlagball is a German bat-and-ball game documented by GutsMuths in 1796, notable as a 12-a-side relative of rounders and early baseball.

Corkball is a St. Louis mini-baseball game played with a 1.6-ounce stitched ball and narrow bat; it was played in city alleys by 1890.

Stoolball is a Sussex bat-and-ball sport attested by 1450; its elevated wicket and underarm bowling make it a likely cricket ancestor.

Lippa is an Italian form of tip-cat using a long stick to strike a short pointed stick; Italian descriptions specify pieces about 50 cm and 15 cm.

Bilharda is a Galician and Portuguese stick game akin to gilli-danda, notable for using a long bat to flip and strike a small tapered peg.

Bete-ombro is a Brazilian street-cricket game for two pairs, notable for wickets made from bottles or sticks and a Bets World Cup held in 2016.

Tip-cat is a European folk game in which a player flips and strikes a short wooden cat, notable as an English relative of South Asian gilli-danda.

British baseball is a bat-and-ball code centered in Wales and Merseyside; Wales and England played its first international in Cardiff in 1908.

Bat and trap is an English pub bat-and-ball game, notable for Kent play and a trap lever form already established in modern rules by 1825.

Trap-ball is an English bat-and-ball game played since at least the 14th century, notable for using a lever or toss to launch the ball.

Old cat is a North American bat-and-ball game for small groups, notable for one old cat, a one-base version used when teams were unavailable.